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'We’ve got to stop the bleeding': Democrats sound alarm in Miami
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:30 am
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:30 am
MIAMI — Democrats are sounding the alarm about weak voter turnout rates in Florida’s biggest county, Miami-Dade, where a strong Republican showing is endangering Joe Biden’s chances in the nation’s biggest swing state.
No Democrat can win Florida without a huge turnout and big winning margins here to offset losses elsewhere in the state. But Democrats are turning out at lower rates than Republicans and at lower rates than at this point in 2016, when Hillary Clinton won by 29 percentage points here and still lost the state to Donald Trump.
Wilson and other Democrats aren’t panicking yet. They take comfort in the fact that huge swaths of Democratic voters cast absentee ballots by mail statewide, and that Biden narrowly leads in most Florida polls, including a Monmouth University likely voter survey released Thursday that put the former vice president up by 6 percentage points. That margin is far bigger than in Democratic internal polls.
Party officials also point out that Black churches are planning “Souls to the Polls” events Sunday that encourage voting after church. However, in the era of coronavirus, church services are virtual and organizing those events is more difficult than in the past election years.
To date, Republicans have turned out 59 percent of their voters in Miami-Dade and Democrats have turned out 53 percent, a 6-point margin. That’s twice the margin Republicans had at this point in 2016.
Among Hispanic voters, who make up nearly 70 percent of the county’s population, the deficit is even bigger — 9 points.
“Democrats have a big turnout issue in the Hispanic community in Miami-Dade,” said Florida-based Democratic data analyst Matt Isbell. “Hispanic Democrat turnout is only 48% while the Republican Hispanics are at 57%. This large of a gap doesn't exist in Broward or Orange. It is a Miami problem.”
One veteran Democratic organizer from South Florida expressed concern that winning Florida looks more difficult by the day as Republicans turn out in big numbers and the pace of Democratic momentum in casting early ballots slows. It’s a sign the party is exhausting its high propensity voters — and the hard-to-motivate voters are tough to turn out.
“Look, our people hate Trump and they like Biden. But not enough of them love Biden,” the organizer said. “It also doesn’t help that the campaign reacted so late here and they didn’t help us with voter registration when we needed to be doing it.” LINK
No Democrat can win Florida without a huge turnout and big winning margins here to offset losses elsewhere in the state. But Democrats are turning out at lower rates than Republicans and at lower rates than at this point in 2016, when Hillary Clinton won by 29 percentage points here and still lost the state to Donald Trump.
Wilson and other Democrats aren’t panicking yet. They take comfort in the fact that huge swaths of Democratic voters cast absentee ballots by mail statewide, and that Biden narrowly leads in most Florida polls, including a Monmouth University likely voter survey released Thursday that put the former vice president up by 6 percentage points. That margin is far bigger than in Democratic internal polls.
Party officials also point out that Black churches are planning “Souls to the Polls” events Sunday that encourage voting after church. However, in the era of coronavirus, church services are virtual and organizing those events is more difficult than in the past election years.
To date, Republicans have turned out 59 percent of their voters in Miami-Dade and Democrats have turned out 53 percent, a 6-point margin. That’s twice the margin Republicans had at this point in 2016.
Among Hispanic voters, who make up nearly 70 percent of the county’s population, the deficit is even bigger — 9 points.
“Democrats have a big turnout issue in the Hispanic community in Miami-Dade,” said Florida-based Democratic data analyst Matt Isbell. “Hispanic Democrat turnout is only 48% while the Republican Hispanics are at 57%. This large of a gap doesn't exist in Broward or Orange. It is a Miami problem.”
One veteran Democratic organizer from South Florida expressed concern that winning Florida looks more difficult by the day as Republicans turn out in big numbers and the pace of Democratic momentum in casting early ballots slows. It’s a sign the party is exhausting its high propensity voters — and the hard-to-motivate voters are tough to turn out.
“Look, our people hate Trump and they like Biden. But not enough of them love Biden,” the organizer said. “It also doesn’t help that the campaign reacted so late here and they didn’t help us with voter registration when we needed to be doing it.” LINK
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:31 am to Jbird
I think all those dead old people are biting them in the arse because they might have been snowbirds who vote blue.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:31 am to Jbird
And the dems that are turning out are voting for Trump.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:32 am to Jbird
quote:
“Look, our people hate Trump and they like Biden. But not enough of them love Biden,” the organizer said.
The many Hispanics that own businesses in Florida aren't going to back a guy that wants to impose economic sanctions on Americans.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:33 am to Jbird
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“Look, our people hate Trump and they like Biden. But not enough of them love Biden,” the organizer said. “It also doesn’t help that the campaign reacted so late here and they didn’t help us with voter registration when we needed to be doing it.
It's been obvious all along, Biden has no base and no ground game. Relying on anti-Trump fervor was never going to be enough to win.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:33 am to Jbird
MY PEOPLE! The Cuban vote they didn't seem to care about will lose them Florida, and I love it!
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:34 am to Jbird
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our people hate Trump and they like Biden
At least, that's what they're telling you.
ETA: Mostly because they know that's what you want to hear.
This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 10:35 am
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:36 am to Jbird
And Reps don't trust the deep state and IC,etc..from stealing the election..thus are waiting to vote in booth not by mail..
The gap will only widen in person on Tuesday!
The gap will only widen in person on Tuesday!
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:37 am to Jbird
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Look, our people hate Trump and they like Biden. But not enough of them love Biden,” the organizer said. “It also doesn’t help that the campaign reacted so late here and they didn’t help us with voter registration when we needed to be doing it.” LINK
So who is this person who claims to represent whole voting blocs by themself?
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:43 am to Jbird
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Am I seeing this right? As of this morning the Dem lead in now down to 163,683?
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Now, 156,661
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Now 155,097
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Now 152,671
quote:Now 148,484
Now 150,469
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:46 am to Jbird
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'We’ve got to stop the bleeding'
Then stop with the perpetual period
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:46 am to Jbird
thanks for posting this I just linked it in a few threads.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 10:54 am to Jbird
I’m worried but Florida is not a state I’m concerned about at all.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 11:05 am to Jbird
paging TigerDoc for comment...
Posted on 10/30/20 at 11:12 am to Jbird
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Look, our people hate Trump and they like Biden. But not enough of them love Biden,
This is literally the nation. People either love or hate Trump. Nobody loves Biden, but enough hate Trump that voter turnout has been big thus far. Will it be big enough?
Posted on 10/31/20 at 7:59 am to Jbird
But Trump can never catch up.
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